Round 1
Romero shoots for a long single-leg and gets shucked easily. Te
Huna zaps the New Jerseyite with a hard right hand and Romero goes
to a knee. Romero survives, stands back up and goes back to
shooting from way out. As Romero grabs at Te Huna’s ankles, the New
Zealander slugs him with a right uppercut, then another. Romero is
out cold on his face and referee Tim Mills jumps in for the save
after just 47 seconds.

Round 1
Mizugaki pushes forward early, slugging at his man with hooking
combos. Escovedo returns fire with a high kick and lands a few
knees as the bantamweights briefly tie up. Mizugaki socks the
“Apache Kid” with a solid left hand and tries to trip him down with
a waistlock, but they wind up vying for position on the fence.
Underhooks for Mizugaki while Escovedo grabs at the Thai plum.
Finally, it’s Mizugaki who gets his way and trips Escovedo down,
but the Californian is right back up. With his back to the fence,
Escovedo jumps guard and tries to slap a triangle on the standing
Mizugaki. He can’t get there, however, before Mizugaki shakes him
loose and drives him into the canvas. They’re quickly back on the
feet, where Mizugaki connects with a hard left and Escovedo answers
with a pair of sharp knees. They trade uppercuts, dirty boxing,
until a series of level elbows stagger Mizugaki and they split.
Mizugaki comes on strong in the final 20 seconds, blasting away
with combinations to the head and body.

Round 2
Mizugaki catches a kick and trips Escovedo down, but allows him
right back up. A particularly high inside thigh kick from Mizugaki
prompts referee Adam Martinez to caution him. Left hook-right hook
combination from Mizugaki backs up Escovedo, who responds with a
high kick that catches Mizugaki on the head, but mostly with the
foot. Mizugaki continues throwing his two-piece combos and a right
uppercut-left hook has Escovedo staggering slightly. Another
well-timed countershot sends Escovedo stumbling halfway across the
cage and onto his rear, but again Mizugaki lets him up. Mizugaki
lands a pair of punches, causing Escovedo to clinch, but the
American can’t mount any offense as Mizugaki is busy slugging him
with another six or eight crisp punches. Mizugaki is just ripping
Escovedo apart with punches now, mixing in a few knees to the body
for good measure. A left hook finally sends Escovedo crashing to
the ground. Mizugaki dives in to seal the deal with one more punch,
but referee Martinez is already moving into action, the stop coming
officially at 4:30 of round two.

Round 1
Both men look very tentative off the bat, the much larger Assuncao
taking the center of the cage while Yagin moves cautiously outside.
The crowd begins booing after only 40 seconds of inactivity.
Assuncao tries a few front kicks then lunges forward with a punch,
but gets hit on a counter by Yagin. The Brazilian stays cautious
until he eats a punch from Yagin, misses a kick and shoots. Easy
takedown for Assuncao finds him stacking Yagin up against the cage.
Yagin throws up a triangle, but Assuncao slips it and tries to move
to side control. Yagin does well to keep his position; Assuncao
lands a few solid punches from guard before Yagin shoves him off
and stands. Yagin pushes forward, looking for a big right hand. The
pace on the feet remains tepid. Assuncao ducks a punch and lands
another double-leg with 30 seconds left, though it’s Yagin who
immediately begins throwing elbows from the bottom. Yagin throws a
few more before the horn and the Denver audience jeers again.

Round 2
Assuncao starts leg- and front-kicking to begin the second, and
nearly runs into a knee. Yagin keeps lunging forward with right
hands, but Assuncao sidesteps them and shoots in after about 80
seconds. Assuncao can’t get Yagin down and instead tries to jump on
his back. Yagin won’t have it and turns around, his back to the
cage, before shoving Assuncao away. The featherweights go back to
feinting and slapping with leg kicks and the crowd voices its
displeasure. Assuncao is throwing long, single left hands to keep
the shorter Yagin at bay. He shoots a single-leg and Yagin grabs a
guillotine as he’s falling to his back. The choke looks deep, but
Assuncao wags his finger theatrically to indicate his lack of
concern. Assuncao peels the hands of Yagin away and they go back to
the feet, where the round ends without much more action.

Round 3
Assuncao slaps with a few low kicks and shoots in. He’s stuffed by
Yagin, who takes top position briefly before being shoved off.
Yagin tries for another guillotine when Assuncao shoots a high
double. Yagin jumps guard and wrenches the choke, but Assuncao
waits it out, leaning forward and popping his head loose. Assuncao
sits in Yagin’s guard at the base of the fence with three minutes
left in the bout. Yagin’s right arm is pinned by Assuncao’s leg and
Assuncao socks away with left hands to Yagin’s unprotected face.
Yagin gets his arm loose but still can’t protect against the
punches and elbows of Assuncao. The shots aren’t particularly hard,
but they’re accumulating and Yagin is offering nothing in return.
Referee Josh Rosenthal implores Yagin to fight as he eats more left
hands to the head, elbows to the body. Assuncao lets loose with 20
seconds remaining and Yagin can’t escape before the final horn.

Round 1
The righty Boetsch throws a few front kicks to keep circling
southpaw Ring at a distance. Ring is sidestepping Boetsch’s
punches, trying to counter and step off. He catches a kick from
Boetsch and Boetsch drives forward, looking for a takedown. Ring
sprawls on it and ties up the head and shoulders, then drives a few
well-placed knees into Boetsch’s shoulder. Ring stands and lets
Boetsch loose before resuming his circling. The Canadian slips a
big right hand from Boetsch and tries to catch another front kick,
but this time Boetsch lands a solid left. Boetsch is chasing Ring
all around the Octagon, unable to find his range with punches, so
he goes low for a takedown. It doesn’t come and Ring sticks Boetsch
with a few stiff jabs, firing off a blocked head kick just as the
round ends.

Round 2
Boetsch continues pressing forward, headhunting. A solid right hand
gets through, but Ring answers with a series of stiff jabs. Boetsch
grazes with an overhand right, lands more solidly with a right
uppercut and ties up. They split and another right from Boetsch
drops Ring to a knee. Ring pops back up and clinches Boetsch into
the cage, delivering a knee to the body before he’s tripped to the
mat. Ring is able to stand back up easily and immediately finds
himself in a headlock. Boetsch jumps guard and threatens with the
guillotine, but Ring has a good angle on top and waits it out.
Boetsch tries to scramble to his feet and winds up in north-south
position, where Ring goes for a guillotine of his own. There’s
nothing on this one and Boetsch stands, then mugs Ring with a
flurry of punches in close quarters. Boetsch closes out the round
in full mount, hunting for a kimura, after bringing Ring down with
an inside trip.

Round 3
Boetsch is landing the more effective strikes in the opening minute
of the final round, zapping Ring with a couple of hard left hooks.
The “Barbarian” bullies Ring into the cage and the middleweights
jockey for position momentarily until referee Mario Yamasaki splits
them up. Boetsch pushes forward on Ring, who lands a jab and a knee
to the body before being tripped down. Boetsch sits in Ring’s
closed guard, smothering and throwing a few tired punches. Referee
Yamasaki wants them back up with 90 seconds remaining. Both men
look exhausted now and Boetsch sends a knee to Ring’s body before
sending him hurtling to the ground with a harai goshi. Boetsch has
the crucifix momentarily, Ring escapes to north-south, but Boetsch
winds up back on top. Boetsch has side-control, then opts to stand
up and finish the fight punching downward at Ring.

Round 1
Ferguson misses with rangy punches and catches a left high kick
from the smaller man. Right uppercuts from Ferguson begin to find
their marks as Riley kicks high again, but this time his leg is
caught and Ferguson sends him cartwheeling. A left uppercut-right
hook combo stuns Riley, then another hard uppercut. Riley regains
his wits and keeps on his feet, but Ferguson is walking him down
now. Ferguson takes a kick to the groin and socks Riley with an
uppercut, a straight. Ferguson grabs the collar with his left hand
and uses his right to thud Riley up against the fence. Riley’s
bleeding from the nose, breathing with his mouth open as the first
round enters its last minute. Ferguson lands a hard kick to the
midsection, misses with a swiping follow-up right and takes a punch
from Riley.

When the round ends, Riley immediately informs his corner that his
jaw is broken and the fight is waved off. Tony Ferguson is the
winner by TKO after five minutes.

Round 1 The southpaws bend at the knees and search the
distance with pawing right hands. A straight left from Diaz sends
Gomi spinning to the ground, the “Fireball Kid” carried down from
the momentum of his own shot. Gomi hops back up and recovers,
landing a swiping right as Diaz walks him into the cage. Gomi
drills Diaz’s ribs and Diaz socks him with a right-handed scorcher.
The rangier Diaz is using the distance well, piling on his family’s
trademark slapping shots while Gomi swings for the fences and
misses. Taunting Gomi with his hands by his sides, Diaz picks his
punches and drops Gomi again at the base of the cage. After a
couple more shots, Gomi goes down on a delayed effect and Diaz
leaps on his back. Gomi gets out the backdoor and escapes trouble
on the floor, only to find himself eating more punches on the feet.
Gomi tosses Diaz down, and Diaz instantly attacks off his back with
an armbar. Gomi pulls the limb free and Diaz transitions straight
into a triangle choke. It looks tight for a moment, but Diaz lets
it go and slaps the armbar back on Gomi’s left arm. There’s nowhere
for Gomi to go this time; he taps out at 4:27 of the opening
round.

Round 1
The big men touch gloves and Browne throws first, missing with a
big right hand. Browne misses again with the right and ties up when
he gets inside, shoveling Broughton into the fence with an
underhook. They split and Browne just misses as he pulls
Broughton’s head down for a knee. Browne throws chopping leg kicks
inside and out, then snaps off a front kick to keep the shorter
Broughton outside. Not much action in the middle of the stanza as
Broughton tries to walk Browne down and find a punch. Broughton
gets underhooks on the circling Browne, holds him on the fence for
a moment and then backs out without inflicting any punishment.
Browne pushes Broughton backward with some big swings, clips him
with a punch and tries to leap in with a flying knee. The knee
misses and the pair tie up, Browne absorbing a compact right from
Broughton in the clinch. Browne puts Broughton on his back with an
effortless single-leg and gets to mount immediately, where he
begins dropping elbows. Broughton puts him back in half-guard
before the horn.

Round 2
Both men pump left jabs to start the second frame, but it’s a
swiping left from Browne that connects. Broughton lobs a slow
inside leg kick which Browne times well with a counterpunch. Browne
throws a hard right hand to the body and a leg kick outside. The
next high kick attempt from Browne is caught, but Broughton can’t
or doesn’t want to bring him down. Browne continues circling away
from Broughton and the crowd boos. Just as they do, Browne charges
forward, winging punches, clinching up and landing a group of solid
knees to the head and body of the Englishman. Broughton reverses
Browne into the fence and Browne shoves him off. Now it’s Browne
who shoves Broughton into the fence, but doesn’t get much done in
the 30 seconds before he releases. With just under a minute left,
Browne gets another easy takedown and again moves to full mount. A
few punches have Broughton turning over, leaning for a possible
armlock. Browne gets in a few more hard punches before the round
ends.

Round 3
Broughton moves forward on the tired Browne and lands an overhand
right, followed by a clinch. Browne breaks out and spins Broughton
down with a single-leg; this time, he doesn’t take full mount, but
half-guard on Broughton’s right side. Browne isn’t throwing from
the top, instead possibly looking to set up an arm-triangle choke.
Broughton defends and Browne gives it up, nearly advances to mount.
Broughton turns over and Browne takes his back in the riding-time
position, then takes full mount. The heavyweights look as though
they’re grappling in molasses as the fight enters the final minute.
Broughton stuffs Browne back to his guard and tries for a
last-ditch kimura. It doesn’t work and Browne finishes the fight on
top, securing what should be a unanimous decision.

Round 1
Rothwell’s first shot is evaded by Hunt, who looks to thrust his
right hand to the chin of the larger man. Rothwell answers with a
jab of his own, ducks down and has another takedown try slipped.
The third time’s the charm for Rothwell, who ducks under a punch
and floors Hunt to the base of the cage. Rothwell gets to full
mount and Hunt gets an underhook to stuff him back. Hunt’s on his
right side, back against the cage; he avoids major damage from
Rothwell and pops back to his feet. Hunt shoves Rothwell away on
the next shot, and the next one. The “Super Samoan” is looking to
catch the American coming in with an uppercut. Hunt tries the punch
again on the next shot from Rothwell, lands an elbow instead and
shoves Rothwell to the ground. Hunt holds side-control briefly
before standing. He socks Rothwell with an uppercut in the clinch
and Rothwell’s bloodied around the eye. Rothwell drags Hunt down to
the base of the fence with 30 ticks to go. Rothwell gets off a
handful of punches and elbows to the face of the defending hunt
before the horn.

Round 2
Hunt lands his first hard leg kick of the bout, while both men
looking to decapitate the other. Clinching on the fence, Hunt gets
a surprise takedown and works from Rothwell’s half-butterfly guard.
Rothwell looks to isolate the left arm of Hunt, who’s socking him
in the face with heavy right hands. Rothwell lets go of the arm and
focuses on negating the space between himself and the big
kickboxer. Hunt stands and drops a left on Rothwell as he shucks
the legs and moves to side-control. Hunt puts his left knee on
Rothwell’s stomach and punches away, causing Rothwell to burst out
and go to his knees. Rothwell tries to roll forward and gets stuck;
Hunt gets mount and goes for an armbar, but can’t extend it fully
before the round expires.

Round 3
Rothwell is completely spent as the final period starts and Hunt
has him in trouble immediately with a flurry of punches. Rothwell
clinches up and Hunt gets the takedown, but doesn’t do much from
top position before referee Adam Martinez issues a stand-up
command. Rothwell shoots a tired shot, gets stuffed, eats an
uppercut. Rothwell shoots again and basically runs his head into
the ground as Hunt sidesteps him. Hunt lands a right and turns to
walk away, though Rothwell doesn’t fall. Rothwell shoots, absorbs
another uppercut, then gets taken down by Hunt. Two minutes to go
and Hunt has Rothwell in trouble with side-control against the
cage. Despite Hunt’s advantageous position, referee Martinez orders
them to stand. Hunt lands a few more punches and Rothwell leans his
back on the fence, hands on his knees. Hunt just misses the leaning
American with a head kick. Somehow, the exhausted Rothwell gets
Hunt to north-south position and nearly locks in a choke, then
almost takes full mount before the end of the bout.

Round 1
There’s no touch of gloves from the welterweights, who go right to
cautiously striking. Hughes looks to stick Koscheck with a left jab
in Koscheck’s previously injured eye. Koscheck begins finding his
range, searching for uppercuts in close. They exchange uppercuts,
Hughes seeming to land the better. Koscheck rushes in for a
takedown which Hughes avoids, drilling Koscheck with a knee on the
exit. A right uppercut from Koscheck puts Hughes on wobbly legs,
but the ex-champ ducks under a follow-up punch. Koscheck puts a few
more punches on Hughes, who stumbles backward and falls to his
rear. Koscheck chases him down, dropping heavy right hands from
above. Hughes turns to his left side and Koscheck turns out his
lights with three or four more right hands. Referee Mario Yamasaki
steps in to wave off the bout a split-second prior to the horn with
Hughes slumped forward, unconscious. The official time of the stop
is 4:59 of the first round.

Round 1
Referee Josh Rosenthal is the third man in the cage for tonight’s
205-pound title bout. Jackson stares down the champion during final
instructions; Jones looks down at the ground. Jones advances in a
crouching position at the horn, one hand on the mat, meeting
Jackson in the center. He grabs at a leg and stands, clinching
Jackson into the fence. After a knee inside, Rampage tells referee
Rosenthal that he was caught low, but the action continues. Jones
grabs a loose headlock, lets it go and smacks Jackson with an elbow
in the clinch. Jackson complains again of a low knee, but again the
ref takes no action. They break off with two minutes gone in the
opening frame. Jones goes to the southpaw stance and flicks out
front and high kicks, then chops to the inside of Jackson’s left
thigh. They tie up and Jones tosses Jackson away, nearly hurling
him to the ground. Jackson blocks a right high kick, gets backed up
by a kick to the knee from “Bones.” The champ keeps kicking at
Rampage’s knees and snapping off front kicks. He muscles Jackson
into the cage post and shrugs him a shoulder, exiting with a
spinning elbow. Jackson ducks under a wheel kick and an elbow,
giving chase with winging punches as the first frame ends.

Round 2
Outside leg kicks are the offense of choice from Jones early in the
second, until the pair tie up along the outside. Jackson pushes
loose but gets caught in a headlock. It doesn’t last long and the
pair are back to trading, Jones sticking Jackson with a left
straight that has Rampage nodding. Midway through the round, Jones
goes back to kicking the outside of Jackson’s legs. Jackson can’t
seem to get inside on the larger champ, who follows a turning kick
with a side-kick to the midsection. Jones lands a left, a left, a
right and the men clinch. Right at the horn, Jones pulls guard and
tries to latch on a triangle choke.

Round 3
Jones catches a kick from Rampage and tries to bring the former
champ down, but Jackson isn’t having it. Jackson throws a few kicks
to the inside of Jones’ right leg, still can’t find success with
his punches. Jones kicks the outside of Rampage’s left leg, then
grabs the same limb and takes him down. Jones hops into full mount
only 90 seconds into the round and begins trying to drop elbows on
Rampage’s forehead. Jackson posts and escapes to his feet, where he
swipes at his nose and offers another unknown complaint to ref
Rosenthal. Jones seems to hurt the left knee of Rampage with a
kick, but gets caught turning around with Rampage throwing bombs.
Jones turns and sprints away, then comes back forward with more leg
kicks. Flying knee attempt from Jones misses; the light
heavyweights stand weaving in front of one another and Jones pops
Rampage with a fast left. Jones shoots at the last second, lifts
Rampage into the air and then goes through his legs after the horn,
dropping the challenger onto his face.

Round 4
They clinch up in the middle of the cage and Jones drives Rampage
down at the base of the fence. Jackson goes to turn and Jones
immediately jumps on his back, sinking in his left hook to flatten
Jackson out. It’s only a matter of seconds before Jones snakes his
arm under Jackson’s chin and rolls him out. Jones clasps the
rear-naked choke palm-to-palm and Jackson is forced to tap out at
1:14 of the fourth round.